Maximising the impact and synergy of European climate change research and innovation

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-03

Call

Maximising the impact and synergy of European climate change research and innovation

Summary

Actions should cover one of the following areas:

  • Maximising the impact of EU-funded climate change research
  • Maximising the synergy of climate change research and innovation in Europe

Detailed Call Description

Maximising the impact of EU-funded climate change research:

The action should deliver effective mechanisms to strengthen the science-policy and science-civil society interface on the state-of-the-art climate change research in order to increase Europe’s capacity to accelerate the response to the climate crisis and, biodiversity and other environmental challenges. Climate change research is understood here as projects dealing with climate, mitigation and adaptation science.
The actions should identify and systematically update research needs emerging from science and/or policy discussions, and, where possible, match these needs against the themes that are addressed by ongoing EU-funded research projects. The action should build on the knowledge and tools accumulated during previous and existing EU-funded initiatives. It should provide for adequate resources to take over and manage selected knowledge curation platforms, including the EU climate change mitigation portal.

Maximising the synergy of climate change research and innovation in Europe:

This action will help strengthen the European Research Area by ensuring coordination, cooperation and synergies between research, innovation and technology policies and programmes in the area of climate change research, including mitigation and adaptation, at European, national and regional level.

The action is expected to help prioritise investments in climate change R&I and to add value to current and future R&I occurring across the ERA by exploiting potential synergies in R&I planning and activities, and opportunities for partnerships or complementary activities.
To achieve this objective, the action should facilitate dialogue and exchange of information among the relevant scientific communities and funding bodies at European, national and regional level. It should identify and systematically update research needs emerging from science, policy discussions and the society, and enable the inclusion of these priorities in national and regional research strategies.

Activities will enhance cooperation between climate research scientist, professionals and all relevant stakeholders (e.g. universities, business and other research and innovation actors), accelerate the transfer of knowledge to inform policy and climate actions in Europe. Activities should identify, analyse and support the scaling up of good practices at European, national and regional level on communication, dissemination and exploitation of climate change R&I projects results and solutions, as well as on climate change policies and strategies.

Call Total Budget

€9,00 million

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

100%

EU contribution per project: between €4,00 and € 5,00 million

Thematic Categories

  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions

Call Opening Date

24/06/2021

Call Closing Date

14/09/2021

National Contact Point(s)

Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Phone Number: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/

Contact Persons:
Mr Christakis Theocharous
Scientific Officer A’
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 029
Contact Email: ctheocharous@research.org.cy

Mr George Christou
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 030
Contact Email: gchristou@research.org.cy

(Publish Date: 23/07/2021-for internal use only)